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nitro- pref.

A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

(Chem.) A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids; as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene (C6H5.NO2).

Nitro group, the radical NO2; called also nitroxyl.

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"Nitro-" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Nitro-glycerin, eh?" Buller called after the departing bulk of his friend. "Don't let it carry you too far up. You might come ...

— Red Pepper Burns • Grace S. Richmond

... drams Dilute Nitro-hydrochloric Acid 3 drams Compound Tincture Cinchona 1-1/2 ounces Compound Tincture ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... goosequill for some recreation, I'll have a pleasurable time to-night, A little change without the perturbation Of nitro-glycerine and dynamite: Just now I'm somewhat weary of the sight Of dark disclosures in the morning news Which tell of crimes now daily brought to light, Of troublesome investigated clues And horrifying ...

— The Minstrel - A Collection of Poems • Lennox Amott

... that wanted to assassinate some one, so I told a fellow that I got acquainted with that the fussy old man that tried to ride a glazier without any saddle or stirrup was wanted for attempting to blow up the president of the United States by selling him baled hay soaked in a solution of dynamite and nitro-glycerine. ...

— Peck's Bad Boy Abroad • George W. Peck

... with a vicious grin. "We know the paper's there, an' we gets it before we leaves here—see? You can take yer choice. Either you goes over ter the safe an' opens it yerself, or else"—he paused and produced a small bottle from his pocket—"this is nitro-glycerin', an' we opens it fer you with this. Only if we does the job we does it proper. We ties you up and sets you against the door of the safe before we touches off the 'soup,' an' mabbe if yer a good guesser you can ...

— The Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard

... to miss an opportunity, filled up his lamp from the oil can. Thus equipped, he set forth into the forest. A little while after, his friends heard a loud explosion; the mountain echoes bellowed, and then all was still. On examination, the can proved to contain oil, with the trifling addition of nitro-glycerine; but no research disclosed a trace of ...

— The Silverado Squatters • Robert Louis Stevenson